<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.8.1"> </HEAD> <BODY> On Sat, 2006-29-04 at 15:42 +0700, Chanchao wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> I could paint the main switch on my UPS red. That's kind of big and more satisfying to hit in a fit of rage compared to holding a flimsy plastic power button for 5 seconds. </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> I've found that I need to move my hatchet and my cleaver to the other end of my home when working on anything vaguely supported under Ubuntu. If I don't there's a severe risk that I'll reprogram the system very drastically.... <IMG SRC="cid:1146307853.8908.120.camel@localhost.localdomain" ALIGN="middle" ALT=";)" BORDER="0"> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> > So far I've managed to dodge the printing bullet, but I expect in the > relatively near future to need a printer attached as printing in the > office is inconvenient. I've heard nothing good about setting up > printing under Ubuntu either. </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <PRE> </PRE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> It's okay. :) Just whatever you do: Make sure you get an HP printer, preferably a Laserjet, and then preferably one with a print server built in that plugs straight into your network hub. </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> My first problem with printing under Ubuntu was with a Laserjet. Everything worked except the actual, you know, printing. System found the printer, identified its type correctly, figured out the port it was on, etc. etc. etc. Then it sent the test page and nothing ever happened. (Except for reporting that the test page was successfully sent, natch.) This was back with Hoary and the system I set it up on is long gone. But eventually I will have to take the hit, buy myself a printer and do it all over again. Bugger. <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> -- Michael T. Richter Email: ttmrichter@gmail.com, mtr1966@hotpop.com MSN: ttmrichter@hotmail.com, mtr1966@hotmail.com; YIM: michael_richter_1966; AIM: YanJiahua1966; ICQ: 241960658; Jabber: mtr1966@jabber.cn "[Blacks] secrete less by the kidneys, and more by the glands of the skin, which gives them a very strong and disagreeable odour." --Thomas Jefferson </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>